The role of income inequality and social policies on income-related health inequalities in Europe

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jutz, Regina ^a  

^a GESIS LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Europe; EVS; Health inequalities; Income; Income inequality; Social spending

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; HEALTH IMPACT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LITERATURE REVIEW; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY MAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BELGIUM; DENMARK; EUROPE; GERMANY; GINI INDEX; GREECE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH; HEALTH INEQUALITY; HIGHEST INCOME GROUP; HUMAN; INCOME; INCOME INEQUALITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PARAMETERS; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PROTECTION EXPENDITURE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MALE; POVERTY; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EUROPE;

EDUCATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 84947040754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-015-0247-y     Document Type: Article

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